Washington Federal is a great company located in Seattle, Washington which although is a large bank has a small company feel. The work culture is incredible and allows for advancement within branch for colleagues.

They really micro manage and they are really big on employing kids of their friends who has no experience in the job but get paid nice salaries and practically do nothing all day then become your team lead or being trained for a supervisory role and they do it out in the open they do not try to hide it

Been with Washington federal for 4 1/2 yrs. Started as a Customer service Rep and loved it the customers are really nice. 6 months ago got promoted to PB. When I accepted they refused to replace my teller position, I was expected to replace the teller window on top of my new PB. training is not good I have been learning on my own. Hard to succeed when you are not well trained for the job you are expected to do. I have spent most of my time covering vacations doing my old job. The pay is low compared to other banks.

They are a wonderful company to work for unless you want to feel valued. I have been here over a year and even though I am up to date on all the federal regulations and have brought in over 4 million in profits over 3 months... I make less money than what my clients make in just interest. I don't even make enough to take advantage of our cd's.

Great immediate co-workers. Louzy department manager. Advancement only if you are in with the right managers. Seems like the company got too big too fast and is playing catch up, and trying to add new products and services at the same time, which really stresses out the employees.

When HR interviews you, they talk of how wonderful the company is and the amazing benefits and the amazing training and none of it was true, this company is filled with false hopes. false promises, low pay, high expectations, and lack of management. clique-y management and HR makes it impossible to file any formal complaints and management will talk behind your back if you do anything even slightly wrong.

Me and my fiance were having an argument while i was on break and smoking a cigarette and my manager fired me for violating the company's proper use policy i even offered to air my dirty laundry for her if she was so worried about customer account privacy but she refused my offer and just let me go instead wasn't even in the building and i was using a personal phone no where did that violate the company policy i was there for 2 days and never received a warning for it just immediately terminated thanks

Family and community focus company, needs more career advancement opportunities for management. Great for entry level in this area. More local options would be a benefit to the communities that they serve.

The department I worked in hires mostly people new to town. I was mislead about the bonus and the ability to transfer. The company does have a wonderful break room and top notch medical benefits. They are a lot of company get together and celebrations. That leads me to believe other departments are good to work in.

Management is a joke. There is no collaboration and absolutely no accountability. Training was abysmal, teamwork is practically non-existent and it is like pulling teeth to try and get people to help one another.

The bank manager was amazing, the other members of leadership not as much. Yet the lack of proper and full training in one area while attempting to learn another area outside of what I was hired for left me almost never doing what I was hired for.

This company is behind the times. Their management typically has very little experience outside of WaFed, which prohibits company and personal growth. Most days are spent bored, at least in my district, and especially my branch. Serve your time, then take your experience elsewhere.

Toxic work culture, Lack of controls and any clear policies and procedures. DM in NO showed remarkable lack of emotional intelligence and displayed no interest in employees. The company is behind in technology, training and resources.

I admire the corporate philosophy, but there is huge range of work cultures and environments within the company. I love working with the clients and many of the company ancillary support teams, but there is a confusing heirarchy and never sure if one is "allowed" to ask questions. Very uneven management and management styles- all depends where you are and honesty and transparency are pretty much missing in action. Felt Lied to on numerous occasions. Salary is low compared to others and you're made to feel lucky to get it. Constant harping on BE HAPPY, in an environment with no training, no backup, no support and paranoia that "big brother is watching"

Pros

Bank with no night or weekend hours, excellent benefits package

Cons

Inconsistant and generally unsupportive managment, pay not a living wage

Everyone was very friendly and nice but it gave me anxiety because when they trained me they trained us on specific situations and didnt really go into the key words we should listen too. Also the people we were told to ask questions to were almost always unavailable.

There's a huge disconnect between decisions coming down from corporate and what customer facing staff have to deal with. Each job has a host of responsibilities, more than comparable positions as other banks, and yet pay is one of the lowest in the industry.

I probably would have liked it better in a different position within the company. The company seemed to genuinely care for employees who have devoted their lives to WAFD, other than that unless you've been there 20+ years they don't know you.